Bio

Jay Beagle Bio

Rarely flashy, Beagle brings a hard-nosed, hard-working style to the ice. He often draws top checking assignments and relishes the role.

At 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, Beagle brings a heavy and tenacious game while capable of playing all three forward positions with the same aplomb.

Rarely flashy, Beagle brings a hard-nosed, hard-working style to the ice. He often draws top checking assignments and relishes the role.

At 6-foot-3 and 210 pounds, Beagle brings a heavy and tenacious game while capable of playing all three forward positions with the same aplomb.

For Beagle, that started in his hometown of Calgary, Alberta, in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, where he amassed 38 goals, 107 points and 214 penalty minutes in two seasons. But his game did not attract the attention of NHL scouts, so he went to the University of Anchorage-Alaska.

Beagle left college after his sophomore year and joined Idaho of the East Coast Hockey League, where he scored two goals and 10 points in the final eight games of the 2006-07 season. He also had three points and 22 penalty minutes in 18 playoff games to help Idaho to a Kelly Cup Championship.

That run caught the attention of the Washington Capitals, who signed Beagle to an American Hockey League contract with Hershey for the 2007-08 season, and his 19 goals and 37 points in 64 games led to two-year NHL contract.

Beagle spent the majority of the next two seasons with Hershey, which won the Calder Cup championship both seasons. In between, he made his NHL debut on Feb. 11, 2009 in a 5-4 shootout loss to the New York Rangers.

Beagle eventually landed a regular checking-line role with the Capitals to start the 2011-12 season and has been a mainstay ever since.